Bhubaneswar: On the 57th birthday or we can say foundation day of Nandankanan Zoological Park in the state capital named after the two tigers, Nandan and Kanan, the park authorities have introduced a number of new facilities including online ticketing service to attract more crowd. The service of online ticketing can be availed by the visitors by logging in to www.nandankanan.org. Along with entry tickets, visitors can also book for picnic spot at the botanical garden through the website. Tiger Nandan and Megha along with their cubs were brought to an enclosure for display. On this occasion, a jackal enclosure was inaugurated and the statue of tiger kanan was unveiled.
According to reports nearly 40 CCTV cameras have been installed to track visitor’s step inside the zoo. While a toy train will be built by next year for which a budget of Rs 3 crore will be earmarked, the zoo is planning to get new species including an anaconda and gharial crocs from lucknow.
